The hilarious quick-paced game that has everyone reading words backwards — and racing to guess them.
Now say that out loud with a straight face. Good luck.
One player becomes the WordSmith and butchers — err, pronounces — words backwards with confidence. Everyone else scrambles to shout the real word.
The WordSmith pulls a card. Each one holds three words — one per difficulty.
The difficulty die picks the tier: easy circle, medium triangle, or hard star.
Out loud, with conviction. "Emag." "Kcalb." "Rethguad." No peeking, players!
Whoever shouts the real word first grabs the point. First to 7 points takes the crown.
Every card carries an easy, a medium, and a hard word — colour-coded to match the difficulty die.
No mental gymnastics required from the reader — each card spells the backwards version right underneath. You're welcome. The hard part is keeping a straight face while everyone yells "WHAT?!"
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Go head-to-head, split into teams, or keep it small — Back Slang scales to your crowd.
Everyone races to guess. First to grab 7 points wins — or set your own sweet spot. Stuck? The WordSmith hands out hints.
Two teams, three timed rounds — easy, then medium, then hard. Most cards across all rounds takes the win.
Everyone's on the same side, blitzing through as many words as possible. Beat your own all-time record.
Real game nights, real laughs, real people losing their minds over the word "rethguad."
Real shots from real game nights with friends and family.
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